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Massa won't apologise to Coulthard

In Sunday's Australian Grand Prix Felipe Massa and David Coulthard crashed into each other as Massa tried to overtake Coulthard on the inside. Coulthard never saw the Ferrari driver coming. The two drivers touched and Coulthard's Red Bull car was a wreck. After the race Coulthard said he expects the Brazilian to apologise for his absurd actions, but Massa said on Thursday he refuses to apologise to him.

Coulthard said after the race he expects Massa to apologise, but commenting on this special request Massa reacted: "I was a bit surprised, to be honest, because we are there to race. I tried to pass him. I was inside and he closed (the door on) me and we crashed. I think everybody knows two cars cannot be in the same place in a corner and usually the guy who's outside has more possibility to go off, so that's it."

When asked if he has apologised for the incident Massa replied: "No, because I didn't do anything wrong. When I do something wrong, I will apologise but this time I don't need to."

But Coulthard completely disagrees with Massa. The Scotsman believes he could have never see Massa coming. Speaking about the incident Coulthard said in Malaysia: "The reality is, in this situation, Felipe is not racing me for the world championship so he can do the same manoeuvre for the next 17 Grands Prix and have the same result, because quite clearly my eyes point forward, they don't point rearward.

"He's got a much clearer view as to how much space there is and I didn't take a different line than I took any other lap so… I was fully prepared for him to pass me in corner three because a Ferrari has a much better top speed, it's a much quicker car. He made his choice. If he makes the same choice (again), he'll get the same result. I can't make my car invisible but as I say, I'm not fighting for the world championship, he is, so next time he should wait until corner three."

To be continued?

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